I wanted to bathe in plum juice, rediscover my body and adorn it in kiwi circles.

It is these empty spaces you have to watch out for, as they flood up with feeling before you even realize what's happened.

He said, I always thought the woman I’d marry would hit me easy, in a bolt of lightning, and there is not lightning there is not even thunder there is not even rain.

She could feel it brimming on her lips, that superstar smile, the bow shape, the teeth long and solid tombstones.

Ponytail girl leaned over and she and the tall boy kissed and it was carcinogen gums and magical.

We end up kissing her for an hour, and her lips are so soft they are almost like a joke.

But you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

I was not born to crush my own kind.

Whoever attempts to suppress liberty of conscience finishes some day by wishing for the Inquisition.

I've lost balls in every hazard and on every course I've tried. But when I lose a ball in the ball washer, it's time to take stock.

Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to 6 months to come up with a story.

Pity the married couple who expect too much from one another.

Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world.

I am looking forward to learning at the knee of Paul Ryan. He doesn't strike me as a politician. He strikes me as an economist.